Thanks Richard! My headlights are still going strong after 2 years. Safe travels to Atlanta. I look forward to seeing you and Liz wherever NSXPO is in 2024.
I have just started watching your videos and enjoy them. In case you don't already use leather conditioner I highly recommend it to keep the seat leather like new. After 17 years and 37k miles, my driver seat bolster looked better than when I bought the car. I use Leatherique but have heard good things about other brands too.
Appreciate the tip! I'll check that out and do a little forum browsing on the subject. I have done occasionally but I'm sure nowhere near as regularly as I should.
The NSX bolts are dacro coated to prevent galvanic corrosion to the aluminium chassis (green color on the bolts), sand blasting them will remove this protective coating and switching them for titanium ones is even worst. Titanium is a strong galvanic corroder, or in other words the car's aluminium will oxydize itself to keep the titanium save from corrosion. The best with aluminium is stainless steel. I get the bolts specs from part numbers and go with them to a local bolt supplier with each repair that I do on my NSX. Anyway, great video!
Appreciate the info, I had not done a ton of research there. In my defense the bolts were very rusty when I removed them so there likely wasn't much coating left to remove. I'll get the thread pitch and see what I can find that's stainless.
if you ever come to Vancouver Canada I will paint your bumper for almost free!! (you buy the paint and I paint it for you), every time I see your bumper my OCD gets triggered. Another great video!!
I have a replacement bumper that's much nicer paint-wise. Stay tuned, lol. (I appreciate the offer and it has long been a point of shame, but it's been hard to have the car stationary long enough. The plan was to do that last winter, but shenanigans ensued so we didn't have the car)
Richard, I know you'd replaced your KWV3s but long ago, but I was surprised that you didn't touch on this for this video. I suspect that everything is all good with them as they're built for durability, but maybe just verify?
Yup! Those are just a little over a year old (the new set) and still basically look new. I will definitely have an update if anything changes there but so far so good (again).
I know it isn't exactly on-topic for this video, but how have the QuickJacks been? I know the lift height precludes doing certain major tasks, but are they worth it for things like oil changes, brake changes, tire swaps, etc? And are they worth the setup and storage hassles versus a more traditional floor jack and jack stands?
They've been in pretty constant use since Liz got them for me. They lift higher (in a safer way) than floor jacks, and have made some jobs way easier. I will say for the NSX they don't buy you that much as the middle jack points on each side make "levitating" the car on jack stands fairly easy. With the Gallardo though, getting all four wheels up is a PITA without a lift of some type so it's made dealing with it and our GTI massively easier. Setup took some attention to detail, but wasn't that bad other than some patience bleeding the lines the first time. You can store them vertically (they sell hangers) to minimize their footprint. I haven't gotten around to that due to aforementioned constant use though.
Aside from last year/this year, she's been a relatively cheap date, lol. I'm sure the "nothing wrong" threshold is also pretty dependent on one's level of OCD as an owner though.
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Thanks Richard! My headlights are still going strong after 2 years. Safe travels to Atlanta. I look forward to seeing you and Liz wherever NSXPO is in 2024.
I have just started watching your videos and enjoy them. In case you don't already use leather conditioner I highly recommend it to keep the seat leather like new. After 17 years and 37k miles, my driver seat bolster looked better than when I bought the car. I use Leatherique but have heard good things about other brands too.
Appreciate the tip! I'll check that out and do a little forum browsing on the subject. I have done occasionally but I'm sure nowhere near as regularly as I should.
The NSX bolts are dacro coated to prevent galvanic corrosion to the aluminium chassis (green color on the bolts), sand blasting them will remove this protective coating and switching them for titanium ones is even worst. Titanium is a strong galvanic corroder, or in other words the car's aluminium will oxydize itself to keep the titanium save from corrosion. The best with aluminium is stainless steel. I get the bolts specs from part numbers and go with them to a local bolt supplier with each repair that I do on my NSX. Anyway, great video!
Appreciate the info, I had not done a ton of research there. In my defense the bolts were very rusty when I removed them so there likely wasn't much coating left to remove. I'll get the thread pitch and see what I can find that's stainless.
SST bolts will seize over time and strip out the aluminum threads when removed. Use a Loctite zinc-base anti-seize for aluminum to slow this down.
Lol, clearly more research necessary here.
Great video. Love NSX's. Its cool to see what its like to live with one.
if you ever come to Vancouver Canada I will paint your bumper for almost free!! (you buy the paint and I paint it for you), every time I see your bumper my OCD gets triggered. Another great video!!
I have a replacement bumper that's much nicer paint-wise. Stay tuned, lol. (I appreciate the offer and it has long been a point of shame, but it's been hard to have the car stationary long enough. The plan was to do that last winter, but shenanigans ensued so we didn't have the car)
Richard, I know you'd replaced your KWV3s but long ago, but I was surprised that you didn't touch on this for this video. I suspect that everything is all good with them as they're built for durability, but maybe just verify?
Yup! Those are just a little over a year old (the new set) and still basically look new. I will definitely have an update if anything changes there but so far so good (again).
I know it isn't exactly on-topic for this video, but how have the QuickJacks been? I know the lift height precludes doing certain major tasks, but are they worth it for things like oil changes, brake changes, tire swaps, etc? And are they worth the setup and storage hassles versus a more traditional floor jack and jack stands?
They've been in pretty constant use since Liz got them for me. They lift higher (in a safer way) than floor jacks, and have made some jobs way easier. I will say for the NSX they don't buy you that much as the middle jack points on each side make "levitating" the car on jack stands fairly easy. With the Gallardo though, getting all four wheels up is a PITA without a lift of some type so it's made dealing with it and our GTI massively easier. Setup took some attention to detail, but wasn't that bad other than some patience bleeding the lines the first time. You can store them vertically (they sell hangers) to minimize their footprint. I haven't gotten around to that due to aforementioned constant use though.
Something rare to hear: There is nothing wrong with my NSX (Waiting to get mine back for 2 months now ...)
Aside from last year/this year, she's been a relatively cheap date, lol. I'm sure the "nothing wrong" threshold is also pretty dependent on one's level of OCD as an owner though.